Marcelino Garcia Toral all but confirms next big signing for Atletico Madrid

Villarreal supervisor Marcelino Garcia Toral has all however confirmed that Atletico Madrid will probably be profitable of their bid to signal Alex Baena. The Yellow Submarine have been in negotiations with Atletico for a number of weeks, however after returning residence from the Membership World Cup, Los Colchoneros seem to have picked up the tempo.

Baena was in tears in his remaining sport at La Ceramica, and gave a farewell speech to the followers, suggesting his exit. Atletico are his main suitors, and have been attempting to carry down his price ticket. Though Villarreal are open to negotiating, they do seem to need a minimum of €45-50m for the Spain worldwide.

Marcelino Offers Tackle Baena at Atletico Madrid

Requested whether or not he had given up hope of Baena staying, Marcelino instructed Cadena SER that he was anticipating him to depart.

“Sure, virtually sure. Properly, I don’t take into account him ‘misplaced’ both. I’ve had the pleasure of having fun with this participant for a 12 months and a half. Cycles start and finish.”

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🙄 “It’s both to be misplaced, I’ve loved it for a 12 months and a half, however the cycles start and finish”

💰 “Moleiro’s signing is made by stopping a state of affairs that was going to happen later or earlier” pic.twitter.com/klfpwgSwq8

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The Villarreal supervisor even evaluated his match at Atletico Madrid.

“I’m positive Simeone will discover the perfect state of affairs for Baena to get probably the most out of his sport, providing his full footballing expertise, and the Atletico followers, the coach, his teammates, and he himself will all be very completely satisfied.”

Villarreal have already got replacements in situ

Final week Villarreal confirmed the signing of Alberto Moleiro from Las Palmas, which many noticed as a transfer to cowl the exit of Baena.

“Moleiro’s signing was finished to bearing in mind a state of affairs that was sure to come up eventually,” Marcelino confirmed.

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One of many methods during which Atletico tried to carry down his value was by together with Rodrigo Riquelme in a participant swap deal. Marcelino confirmed why that may not be taking place.

“We now have two good gamers we now have full confidence in, Moleiro and Yeremy Pino. As of at present, if nobody leaves, we now have that place utterly lined. I’m not saying that Riquelme isn’t an attention-grabbing participant; I feel he’s an excellent participant, however proper now he doesn’t slot in with us.”

Rodrigo Riquelme Future

It appears Atletico want to transfer Riquelme on this summer time, after a season with a lot much less involvement than both participant or membership would need. The newest is that Actual Betis have made an method for him.